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i teach at the university of california at berkeley. young people who vote in such young numbers volunteered their time in their community in higher numbers than -- higher numbers than any generation in recent american history. it is not because they cannot hear. they look at a political system that they think is broken. they think if they want to make a difference, rather than going out to vote, fe would rather clean up a park for healthy kids learn how to read or bring meals to shut ins. we have to get across to young people that volunteering is a noble activity, but if you want to make change happen, you make it at the ballot box. one of our primary goals is demonstrating to the american people that it does not have to be black and white. it doesn't have to be a hyperpolarized filler atmosphere. people in both parties can work together. we can seek voter participation go up in a significant way -- c. voter participation go up in a significant way. -- see voter participation go up in a significant way. caller: i think there are some l
i teach at the university of california at berkeley. young people who vote in such young numbers volunteered their time in their community in higher numbers than -- higher numbers than any generation in recent american history. it is not because they cannot hear. they look at a political system that they think is broken. they think if they want to make a difference, rather than going out to vote, fe would rather clean up a park for healthy kids learn how to read or bring meals to shut ins. we...
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next is a call from kevin, palm springs, california. an independent this regard but the role of government in your life. caller: i think the president's description of the role of government was spot on. we have to remember the president is a constitutional lawyer. now, mitt romney's description of the government is inaccurate. he talks about -- hear references the preamble to the constitution when he talks about god. the constitution does not mention god. we have to also talk about their creator, not our creator. as up to an individual to determine who they want to worship. and he is also subverted the government by not paying his taxes fairly. by keeping his money out of the country. his definition of the government is keeping by government what mr. obama's is to make it stronger and more effective. host: back to twitter -- oversight of gop sen does this note, what president obama and lincoln believed -- government should do for people what they cannot do better themselves and no more. trends in american values over the years -- 87 to
next is a call from kevin, palm springs, california. an independent this regard but the role of government in your life. caller: i think the president's description of the role of government was spot on. we have to remember the president is a constitutional lawyer. now, mitt romney's description of the government is inaccurate. he talks about -- hear references the preamble to the constitution when he talks about god. the constitution does not mention god. we have to also talk about their...
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host: we move on the california. caller: it is obvious from listening to the call so far that obama has the democratic vote locked in. what he needs to do to save his presidency after that terrible comment he made is he needs to come up with a plan where he needs to save this presidency. listen to clinton. get the entire simpson bowles plan on the table. cut the deficit. do something. take the republicans' offer. stop this battle. pretty soon, we will have the people -- when we hear these angry democrats, a is getting scary as to what will happen. we need to do something to stop this. the whole thing is, we have to get a guy to stop campaigning. we need him to start governing. we need him to realize that this is one country and the republicans are really patriotic. the loops just show you you have an incompetent person. it is incumbent since he. host: -- incompetency. host: what you think about this -- -- - host: mccain and others cited several recent attempts that provided details on key national security decisions,
host: we move on the california. caller: it is obvious from listening to the call so far that obama has the democratic vote locked in. what he needs to do to save his presidency after that terrible comment he made is he needs to come up with a plan where he needs to save this presidency. listen to clinton. get the entire simpson bowles plan on the table. cut the deficit. do something. take the republicans' offer. stop this battle. pretty soon, we will have the people -- when we hear these angry...
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host: dawn from california. -- don from california. a column from washington times -- he notes that the bottom line is this -- congressman darrell issa in "the washington times." will go to the democrat line, charles from texas. caller: first, i have a question. this morning when i was watching the news, did i understand that congress is getting a raise next year? host: we will have a story on that later. caller: i think they should lead by example. they need to take a pay cut if we are taking pay cuts. we need to stop foreign aid all the way around. host: will that be enough to solve the debt problem? caller: know, there needs to be tax increases and spending cuts, but i do not think it has to come out of social security and medicare and medicaid. i think foreign aid and whistle spending, and i also think -- wasteful spending, and i also think that tax breaks are an entitlement because nobody gets them equally. host: i want to go from mike -- go to mike from the independent line. caller: i would like to say that this fiscal cliff is a
host: dawn from california. -- don from california. a column from washington times -- he notes that the bottom line is this -- congressman darrell issa in "the washington times." will go to the democrat line, charles from texas. caller: first, i have a question. this morning when i was watching the news, did i understand that congress is getting a raise next year? host: we will have a story on that later. caller: i think they should lead by example. they need to take a pay cut if we...
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host: good morning in california. caller: good morning. i drew early social security, smite medicare cake and -- once my medicare kicked in. they want $600 a month. is obamacare going to do anything to help me with that? figure.'m curious about i first thought is that that is a high amount, especially if you're living on $771 a month. get some help with the medicaid, asked about the. that would expand medicaid to individuals making up to 138% of poverty. that is an expansion to get more people covered. i am curious about this figure. show them this is the amount of money you're making. i am concerned about that. host: to go back to the op-ed in "the washington times." is that a point of contention by anybody? guest: everything in medicare is a point of contention. people were not expected to live as long as they do. the amount of new technology and the amount of costs that it remains there and is driving up expenditures. people who agree with that would framed that way. many democrats would say this is an important safety net for people. l
host: good morning in california. caller: good morning. i drew early social security, smite medicare cake and -- once my medicare kicked in. they want $600 a month. is obamacare going to do anything to help me with that? figure.'m curious about i first thought is that that is a high amount, especially if you're living on $771 a month. get some help with the medicaid, asked about the. that would expand medicaid to individuals making up to 138% of poverty. that is an expansion to get more people...
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heading to riverside, california, for our first call this morning. michael is on our independents line. good morning. caller: good morning. host: what do you think about this? caller: i don't agree with that. i see many senior citizens and persons out here that don't have vouch income. -- don't have very much income. first of all, i can't believe that many people call in and are defending obama. you have people, dual citizen veterans, and he never makes mention of a cost of living increase for them. we know they stimulate the economy. i believe -- someone will often call in and say only rich folks provide folks with jobs. believe that you definitely need to extend the tax cuts for the rich folks and be concerned and considerate of lower income senior citizens and veterans. so that's basically my comment about it. i don't think nobody should trust the middle class tax cut. we can see the health care proposal, many of them are going get hit very hard. that's why i'm an independent. i wouldn't vote for him for no way in the world. if i had to vote for e
heading to riverside, california, for our first call this morning. michael is on our independents line. good morning. caller: good morning. host: what do you think about this? caller: i don't agree with that. i see many senior citizens and persons out here that don't have vouch income. -- don't have very much income. first of all, i can't believe that many people call in and are defending obama. you have people, dual citizen veterans, and he never makes mention of a cost of living increase for...
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richmond, california. wanda, are you better off than you were four years ago? >> definitely i am a better off than i was four years ago. let me just explain, my friend, i am losing my train of thought, but mentioned it was a republican who mentioned he was not better off. now i cannot think of the things that he said. going back to my own, obama has not been there for four years. and they wanted to make him a one-term presidents to get us out of the situation we are in. however, president obama has done an excellent job. and he cannot be all things to all people. i love this president. even if he was a white democrat during the same thing, i would love that president. however, he does need people that will work for him. retry is, bending over backwards, to work with republicans. he worked with them before he came to work with his own party. he brought them to the white house. a lot of them did not want to come. everything they wanted to do, but they said no way. then they flip the switch. everything that they did, they blamed it on him. america? if you want you
richmond, california. wanda, are you better off than you were four years ago? >> definitely i am a better off than i was four years ago. let me just explain, my friend, i am losing my train of thought, but mentioned it was a republican who mentioned he was not better off. now i cannot think of the things that he said. going back to my own, obama has not been there for four years. and they wanted to make him a one-term presidents to get us out of the situation we are in. however, president...
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california, mike on our democrats line. hi, mike. caller: good morning. thank you, c-span, for taking my call. i wished you guys had a chart from the day that oil was discovered in philadelphia up to and through the clinton administration. you would find that oil was between, week say just for hypothetical, a dollar on the beginning, all the way to $25 through the clinton administration, bouncing back and forth the last 10 years of that between $15 and $25 a barrel. oil was getting ready basically to fall back to $15 a barrel once again at the end of that administration, because iraq, who had been shut down for 10 years, was getting ready to come back online with probably a million dollars to a million and a half barrels a day. and are that's not exactly what saudi arabia, kuwait, exxon -- exxon chevron, any of the oil concerns. that's not exactly what they wanted to see. i think this is all a rude thing. once again, you had that chart, it would show it spiking from $25 a barrel to $40 when bush landed on the aircraft carrier, to $149 before congress fina
california, mike on our democrats line. hi, mike. caller: good morning. thank you, c-span, for taking my call. i wished you guys had a chart from the day that oil was discovered in philadelphia up to and through the clinton administration. you would find that oil was between, week say just for hypothetical, a dollar on the beginning, all the way to $25 through the clinton administration, bouncing back and forth the last 10 years of that between $15 and $25 a barrel. oil was getting ready...
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president obama travels to california. he will be making remarks at a dinner and fund-raiser to a group. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. [video clip] >> finally on a personal note, michelle and i are grateful to the entire bush family for their guidance and their example during our own transition. george, i will always remember the gathering you hosted for all the living former presidents before i took office, your kind words of encouragement. plus, you also left me a really good tv sports package. [laughter] i use it. [laughter] >> last week, portraits of former president george w. bush and first lady laura bush were unveiled at the white house. it was their first visit since leaving office. >> as fred mentioned, in 1814, dolly madison famously saved this portrait of the first george w. [laughter] now, michelle -- [laughter] if anything happens -- [laughter] there's your man. [laughter] >> watch the entire event online at the c-span video library. "washington journal" continues. host: senator richa
president obama travels to california. he will be making remarks at a dinner and fund-raiser to a group. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. [video clip] >> finally on a personal note, michelle and i are grateful to the entire bush family for their guidance and their example during our own transition. george, i will always remember the gathering you hosted for all the living former presidents before i took office, your kind words of encouragement. plus, you also left...
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host: congressman darrell issa california along with ron white, a democrat from california, have put forward open, is that compromise legislation? guest: i don't know, but it is very good and it is a thoughtful approach. we think it ought to be thoroughly looked at to see if there are unintentional consequences and we should have input from all stakeholders including consumers and users about how this would impact the internet and how this address is illegal activity and make sure we have the right balance. this is not an easy area to legislate. copyright law is not an easy area of the law. it is complicated. it becomes even more complicated on the internet. these issues have to be handled delicately and carefully to make sure that any benefit and any harm we are trying to address is calibrated in such a way that it does not create the unintentional collateral damage on free speech, innovation, or jobs. host: what is the biggest sticking point with what the advocates of anti-piracy legislation are trying to do? guest: we have not really had a discussion first about the scale and scop
host: congressman darrell issa california along with ron white, a democrat from california, have put forward open, is that compromise legislation? guest: i don't know, but it is very good and it is a thoughtful approach. we think it ought to be thoroughly looked at to see if there are unintentional consequences and we should have input from all stakeholders including consumers and users about how this would impact the internet and how this address is illegal activity and make sure we have the...
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nothing against liberals, but my goodness, it's just terrible here in california. host: bob, while i got you on the line, i want to get your reaction to a story that's on the front page of the "los angeles times" this morning, "voters wary of change to campaign financing." this is out of sacramento, where you live. host: bob, your thoughts? caller: my first thought is, without reading it, is i would probably be in favor of not allowing it to be done to the unions or anybody else. as a matter of fact, we do need campaign financing changes where people can run for office in some other manner, where they don't raise millions and billions and so forth. it's just kind of craze any that area. host: bob, thanks for your call. that's bob in california on our line for republicans. a couple more messages on our facebook page. this one says, we are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion, the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases while the citizens may act only by permission, which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the s
nothing against liberals, but my goodness, it's just terrible here in california. host: bob, while i got you on the line, i want to get your reaction to a story that's on the front page of the "los angeles times" this morning, "voters wary of change to campaign financing." this is out of sacramento, where you live. host: bob, your thoughts? caller: my first thought is, without reading it, is i would probably be in favor of not allowing it to be done to the unions or anybody...
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this was in california. it seems like natural gas was the obvious way to run energy in this country. thinking about the poll that snapped because of hurricane sandy in the new jersey area along a coast, they underestimated things like that. so, the broader issue is -- how does it work? who controls the rebuilding of our infrastructure? would it be wise to put money into these tubes -- these individual utilities? host: first of all, i wrote this piece. we were sort of talking about it. anyone looking at the big energy picture, not the individual pieces of energy, we spent all of our time talking about oil, gas, and nuclear. we debated about the environmentalists in the business community. we started to realize that, first of all, most americans get their energy from electricity. the change from this energy boom that we had of extracting record amounts of gas from the ground to plug in our homes, that really needs to -- it is the point that you raised about infrastructure. it is about investment in what we alr
this was in california. it seems like natural gas was the obvious way to run energy in this country. thinking about the poll that snapped because of hurricane sandy in the new jersey area along a coast, they underestimated things like that. so, the broader issue is -- how does it work? who controls the rebuilding of our infrastructure? would it be wise to put money into these tubes -- these individual utilities? host: first of all, i wrote this piece. we were sort of talking about it. anyone...
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host: dublin, california, mick on our independent line, go ahead. caller: i have been watching c- span off and on quite a bit, especially the last 10 years. these days it is getting harder for me to watch at all because of all the baloney that is being put forth. this young lady is probably the most honest person on earth. but she is from the investment industry gets causing all the problems, but nobody wants to admit it. look what happened to the savings and loans 20 or 30 years ago it. they deregulated and went bankrupt. they ought to deregulate the banks so they can stop being involved with the stock market. the stock market controls itself so they can buy and sell stocks so they can learn multibillion dollar bonuses. they're not for the public. there for the investors. host: thank you. it guest: thanks for calling me a young lady. unfortunately, i am old enough to have worked through the savings and loan crisis and i do remember that quite well. as a government, we have a responsibility to pay attention to the financial sector and to write a cor
host: dublin, california, mick on our independent line, go ahead. caller: i have been watching c- span off and on quite a bit, especially the last 10 years. these days it is getting harder for me to watch at all because of all the baloney that is being put forth. this young lady is probably the most honest person on earth. but she is from the investment industry gets causing all the problems, but nobody wants to admit it. look what happened to the savings and loans 20 or 30 years ago it. they...
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one point i should note -- the last recall election was in california under a different set of rules. the way the california ballot look, you had an up or down vote on recalling gray davis, yes or no, and then if the yes's outnumbered the no's, you had a choice. in wisconsin, it is a regular election ballot. you are choosing between scott walker and a democratic candidate. so it is a little bit different. you can argue in some ways is more favorable to scott walker because it is a choice. if he is not popular, the committee -- he can make the argument that he is still better than his opponent. host: how is the democratic opponent chosen? guest: by primary. unless there is a consensus in the party of who the candidate should be. host: when is the primary? guest: it will depend on the petitions. the primary could be in april, may, or june or even later. it depends on how long it takes for the bureaucracy and the courts to sort out the battle over the petitions that are submitted. host: back to the phones. florida, phil is on our line for republicans. caller: i wanted to ask your guest a
one point i should note -- the last recall election was in california under a different set of rules. the way the california ballot look, you had an up or down vote on recalling gray davis, yes or no, and then if the yes's outnumbered the no's, you had a choice. in wisconsin, it is a regular election ballot. you are choosing between scott walker and a democratic candidate. so it is a little bit different. you can argue in some ways is more favorable to scott walker because it is a choice. if he...
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particularly in states like california. they're trying to get more chinese students to come to boost business. i think it says something about the level of internet connection between the economy. the relationship may be a little more stable than it seems because of all the economic independency. host: joe tweets in with a tough stance against china -- what is china doing wrong? guest: depends who you talk to. they say china is artificially manipulating its currency to keep the value down in order to help its exporters at the expense of exporters everywhere else primarily the u.s. that is the number one concern for a lot of folks. a lot of people in congress want to do something about that. a lot of folks in the business community are were address starting a trade war. beyond that, a lot of u.s. businesses are worried about piracy. the theft of u.s. intellectual property. chinese policies that make it harder for u.s. firms to compete in china. a but it is a much difference in their than you saw 10 years ago when businesses
particularly in states like california. they're trying to get more chinese students to come to boost business. i think it says something about the level of internet connection between the economy. the relationship may be a little more stable than it seems because of all the economic independency. host: joe tweets in with a tough stance against china -- what is china doing wrong? guest: depends who you talk to. they say china is artificially manipulating its currency to keep the value down in...
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there is help the families in california. -- there is healthy families in california. we're learning about what works for families and states. we did see changes to the medicaid programs as well. a lot of the lessons learned will be informing our efforts moving forward as coverage is expanded in 2014 to millions of new individuals. host: the next call is on the republican line. caller: i am still reeling from your previous guest. i am in florida. i am registered republican but did not vote in the primary. i am in my 50's. my daughter has insurance. under the affordable and health care art, the premiums have skyrocketed for my husband's plan. she was still eligible so we had her on their walls she was looking for a job. some of the kids still living at home at 27 or 28 or moving in with their parents, there needs to be some overlap between the chip and what i mentioned. my daughter is not a teacher -- now a teacher working for little salary. she has over 80% of the students getting free lunch. if we could get the chip program in our state to work within the school syste
there is help the families in california. -- there is healthy families in california. we're learning about what works for families and states. we did see changes to the medicaid programs as well. a lot of the lessons learned will be informing our efforts moving forward as coverage is expanded in 2014 to millions of new individuals. host: the next call is on the republican line. caller: i am still reeling from your previous guest. i am in florida. i am registered republican but did not vote in...
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caller: california, the housing market and all that, you know? the housing market is crashing over there, you know. so obama obama -- so alabama is doing ok. host: do you watch this program every morning? caller: i watch c-span a lot. romney said he was going to get rid of tv -- pbs. that's crazy. pbs raised me. a lot of the programs are so educational. that's the best you can come up with? it's part of my life. host: latroy, thank you for your time this morning from alabama. we have one more segment left in this marathon "washington journal" getting reaction to last night's debate and taubing to you a little bit about the campaigns and everything. we're talking to obama supporters, mitt romney supporters. we want to get your reaction. if you watched the debate last night, we want to hear what you thought, think about what candidates. if you are a romney supporter, 202-585-3881, if you are an obama supporters, 202-585-3880. we want to hear your opinions. the new york sometimes, this is michael cooper, "taking stock of some of the claims and count
caller: california, the housing market and all that, you know? the housing market is crashing over there, you know. so obama obama -- so alabama is doing ok. host: do you watch this program every morning? caller: i watch c-span a lot. romney said he was going to get rid of tv -- pbs. that's crazy. pbs raised me. a lot of the programs are so educational. that's the best you can come up with? it's part of my life. host: latroy, thank you for your time this morning from alabama. we have one more...
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and tap, california. independent line. -- antioch, california. caller: i have a daughter who has been dating a fine young man for a couple of years now. he was brought here as a child from mexico. his undocumented. he has families that live in arizona. my daughter is afraid to visit with him over there. so this is good news. on the other hand, i am concerned because it reminds me of what the obama administration said they would do with marijuana as far as california goes, and suddenly, that policy changed. i have some trepidation about it, but overall, it is good news. host: south carolina, barry, democrats line. caller: good morning, pedro. i think this is a very good thing president obama has done. it is a long time coming. we are a nation of immigrants, and people must not forget that. it seems like he is bringing in folks that are well meaning to this country. i must add that it is something of political genius. as republicans get ready for more to come. thank you. host: victor, republican line, hello? silver spring, maryland. caller: there w
and tap, california. independent line. -- antioch, california. caller: i have a daughter who has been dating a fine young man for a couple of years now. he was brought here as a child from mexico. his undocumented. he has families that live in arizona. my daughter is afraid to visit with him over there. so this is good news. on the other hand, i am concerned because it reminds me of what the obama administration said they would do with marijuana as far as california goes, and suddenly, that...
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and there was a provision -- an initiative in california to require it, but the voters of california rejected that. right now the voters of california have not shown a willingness to go along with that. but i think the conflict between organic and genetic modification is going to go on. there are going to be battles over this for a long time unless these two sides come to some agreement on some kind of buffer zones or something between their types of production. host: we have a call from our farmers line in california. caller: i wanted to see if i could get a little explanation on what the farm bill has to do for the dairymen. and there are two sides. what is the discussion and why the upper or with some dairymen and not others in this program? thank you. guest: certainly. the farm bill, over the decades, from the 1930's, has paid a big role in the dairy industry, trying to keep prices at a level where farmers could afford to stay in business, not keeping them so high that the dairy processors believe that they cannot make a profit. it is a big battle every time. under the bill that
and there was a provision -- an initiative in california to require it, but the voters of california rejected that. right now the voters of california have not shown a willingness to go along with that. but i think the conflict between organic and genetic modification is going to go on. there are going to be battles over this for a long time unless these two sides come to some agreement on some kind of buffer zones or something between their types of production. host: we have a call from our...
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dre, compton, california, republican, california. good morning. guest: i think like your record should cause the federal government to step in whether you like it or not. if you're getting in trouble, if you have a record of anger, if you have a record of social vines, i think that's when the -- violence, i think that's when the government should step in. if you're not in jail and you need help and the federal government, if you're going to be walking around as a free citizen on the streets of our country and you have a record of violence or anger or mental problems and no one else seems to help you, then the federal government should i believe that 100% because you'll have a track record of incidents. host: ok. caller: which is what you saw on the tape right there. look at steve winn, a gentleman defamed him and said that he was going to kill this person. steve winn was going to kill this person. now steve francis, please, drugs kill people. host: all right. dre, this is the "washington journal." she writes -- host: carol in minneapolis, minnesot
dre, compton, california, republican, california. good morning. guest: i think like your record should cause the federal government to step in whether you like it or not. if you're getting in trouble, if you have a record of anger, if you have a record of social vines, i think that's when the -- violence, i think that's when the government should step in. if you're not in jail and you need help and the federal government, if you're going to be walking around as a free citizen on the streets of...
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host: los angeles, california. paul, independent line. caller: calling concerning -- i am a ron paul supporter, proud of it. but i'm calling about this other focus on gingrich. he's being treated as if he is the only alternative out there. that if you're conservative it's either romney or gingrich. it's just absoid to me that 20 years ago we would have booed this man out of contention and now he's being treated as if he is this great candidate. it's just utter hypocracy for republicans to claim that they want this man running when they were the same people demanding bill clinton's head on a plate. host: your support for ron paul, how did that happen? caller: i used to be a die-hard republican, i was a die-hard news fan, and a friend gave me the book, the 5,000 year leap. i started reading other books. he said there's this book called the revolution by ron paul. i read that and my life hasn't been the same since politically. host: what specifically about dr. paul is it about his philosophy or policy that drove you to that decision? caller:
host: los angeles, california. paul, independent line. caller: calling concerning -- i am a ron paul supporter, proud of it. but i'm calling about this other focus on gingrich. he's being treated as if he is the only alternative out there. that if you're conservative it's either romney or gingrich. it's just absoid to me that 20 years ago we would have booed this man out of contention and now he's being treated as if he is this great candidate. it's just utter hypocracy for republicans to claim...
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the map was to give california security. it has worked. california has twice as much seniority. now we are seeing a huge amount of turnover and i do not think retirement is going to be it for california. already more than one out of 10 members from the state. with so many incumbents faced with the prospect -- drawn out of their districts, drawn into political cover districts, so it is entirely expected. host: a list of current retirement. 14 in the house so far. nine democrats, five republicans? up to date? and you can look at the list on your screen. including steve austria from ohio. who is the youngest and what was his reason, dan boren? guest: he is the most conservative democrat remaining in the house and in this client it is tough to blame some of the conservative democrats when they are in the minority in the minority. they are certainly outnumbered ideologically in the party, not only him but mike ross from southern arkansas is retiring this year. many think he will run for governor in 2014. so, i will not say a mass exodus but a minor exodus of remaining conservative de
the map was to give california security. it has worked. california has twice as much seniority. now we are seeing a huge amount of turnover and i do not think retirement is going to be it for california. already more than one out of 10 members from the state. with so many incumbents faced with the prospect -- drawn out of their districts, drawn into political cover districts, so it is entirely expected. host: a list of current retirement. 14 in the house so far. nine democrats, five...
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california we have 20 percent black unemployment rate. we're in trouble, and we have to turn this around. agree that you herman cain was pushed out of the race because of racism? guest: i think there is fear to challenge an established voice. i think that is what he was a victim of. there are a lot of things that are written about me, a lot of very nasty name calling. i was in the military. that does not really bother me. it is a reflection of how bad the system has become. you have a great segment where you talked about can a president be successful in the political and are met we are in? i think he can be. you talkelooked at how ronald reagan work for tip o'neill. it is all about principles, fundamental principles at work in this country. i think there is a little bit of racial banks down there below the surface. it is starting to blow up, because you are starting to see more black conservative voices standing up. that challenges a lot of people. host: here is the peace in tiec" the washington post" today -- the tea party factor into th
california we have 20 percent black unemployment rate. we're in trouble, and we have to turn this around. agree that you herman cain was pushed out of the race because of racism? guest: i think there is fear to challenge an established voice. i think that is what he was a victim of. there are a lot of things that are written about me, a lot of very nasty name calling. i was in the military. that does not really bother me. it is a reflection of how bad the system has become. you have a great...
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host: say a grew in california has an issue in california f a group flies into washington. whether or not the kind of disclosure is required? is the person walking into the door of a congressman seen as just a citizen? or their knowledge that they've had help to get to washington? guest: most groups don't pay for their citizens advocates to come to d.c. the groups we work with most of them the citizen actually has to pay. and because they care so much about an issue that they want to come to d.c. and lobby on it. they are seen as citizens, they are seen as advocates and the red carpet is rolled out for them because they are the people that that legislator represents. the other point i would make is people don't have to come all the way to washington, d.c. to influence legislators. they have district offices, they have district staff. if you look in the phone book you will find -- or on some of those sites i mentioned you will find the district office of your legislator and you can visit there. host: south carolina, republican line. caller: good morning. first, i have about
host: say a grew in california has an issue in california f a group flies into washington. whether or not the kind of disclosure is required? is the person walking into the door of a congressman seen as just a citizen? or their knowledge that they've had help to get to washington? guest: most groups don't pay for their citizens advocates to come to d.c. the groups we work with most of them the citizen actually has to pay. and because they care so much about an issue that they want to come to...
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republicans would like to have that system in california. california is a strongly democratic state. they could win 20 electoral votes. host: there is a story by the associated press that said joe biden has cast his vote. it was the eighth time he has run for election statewide. next call from alabama. caller: does not the electoral college have to do with maintaining slavery and cheap labor or by white men, women, and black slaves were not allowed to vote and certain states did not have the representation they needed. a compromise was made where black slaves and the populations of the south were counted as 3/5 of the population. with them not familiar genesis of the electoral college. it was a compromise and something that was fashioned by the founders in much difference era. the founders had not envisioned political parties. they did not want the popular vote to elect the president. they came up with a compromise. they wanted a balance in the separation of powers. host: loraine is up next. caller: good morning. i do not believe in the elec
republicans would like to have that system in california. california is a strongly democratic state. they could win 20 electoral votes. host: there is a story by the associated press that said joe biden has cast his vote. it was the eighth time he has run for election statewide. next call from alabama. caller: does not the electoral college have to do with maintaining slavery and cheap labor or by white men, women, and black slaves were not allowed to vote and certain states did not have the...
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m from california i remember mrs. reagan been the driving force during the time he was nominated and i watched what happened after all our country after the reagan years, the bush years, and i was waiting to feel this, and when clinton came in, i thought we came -- we were there, and we had 10 years of -- host: i will leave you there. guest: kathy, you are a target voter. what the democrats are doing in this convention is very much speaking to women. that is a smart strategy. republicans have traditionally had difficulty reaching women's voters, but let's let this tremendous line above women speakers. we have lilly ledbetter, and i hate to leave anybody out, but it was an amazing roster of women. what really caught my attention about michelle obama's speech is i felt like she was the one introducing her husband even though president obama is an incumbent. that might be what you are talking about. in the 2008 campaign the president seemed accessible. he felt like you knew him, and then suddenly we did not have that acc
m from california i remember mrs. reagan been the driving force during the time he was nominated and i watched what happened after all our country after the reagan years, the bush years, and i was waiting to feel this, and when clinton came in, i thought we came -- we were there, and we had 10 years of -- host: i will leave you there. guest: kathy, you are a target voter. what the democrats are doing in this convention is very much speaking to women. that is a smart strategy. republicans have...
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host: california. republican line. caller: is this would be? host: yes, it is. what do you think about the candidates? are you related to any of them? caller: i am, for mr. romney. i think he is the one that could bring us out of this mess that we are in. i mean, i am an older person and i cross over sometimes but i listen to everything i have to say and i think he is the one that could bring us out with his experience of what he has done. he did not marry for money or anything, he has been married to the same wife for 40 years and his wife comes out and speak. i kind of like gingrich, too. my dad, that was his favorite man in washington. but i was not sure until i started listening to everything that i have been listening to, and who is running. i like santorum, too. but i think romney is a man that can bring us out of this mess that we are in. the economy is so bad. i am just lucky to say i just retired from my job recently. things are getting bad -- but i have been working sense i was 17 years old and i am 70 now. on gingrich, i do not like what i am hearing.
host: california. republican line. caller: is this would be? host: yes, it is. what do you think about the candidates? are you related to any of them? caller: i am, for mr. romney. i think he is the one that could bring us out of this mess that we are in. i mean, i am an older person and i cross over sometimes but i listen to everything i have to say and i think he is the one that could bring us out with his experience of what he has done. he did not marry for money or anything, he has been...
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california needed a 2/3 vote to pass that. we have the worst traffic in the nation, and we have to start making investments in doubling the size of our rail system, public transit, repairing highways and bridges, providing investments we need to grow our economy, and infrastructure is that foundation. everybody said it was a lark. there was a lot of opposition. but almost immediately, people said, well, it you said you are building a subway, doubling the size of the rail system. --" this was a town hall or something -- this is ahraf-pen -- "this half-penny sales-tax." why don't meet figure out a way -- i went to the congress, and said, "you have a little program underfunded, transportation is own program -- as petitio transportation zone program. why don't you rewards cities and states that want to put up their own money that want to make these investments? you will create 1 million jobs but as everybody laughed me out. -- you will create 1 million jobs." everybody laughed me out. my paper saide there he goes again. i did not
california needed a 2/3 vote to pass that. we have the worst traffic in the nation, and we have to start making investments in doubling the size of our rail system, public transit, repairing highways and bridges, providing investments we need to grow our economy, and infrastructure is that foundation. everybody said it was a lark. there was a lot of opposition. but almost immediately, people said, well, it you said you are building a subway, doubling the size of the rail system. --" this...
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he had reports that he had planned to quadruple the size of as california digs -- he recently sold his $3.5 million home outside of austin. guest: those are big numbers and they are in multiples that most people cannot relate to. when people talk about having a place at the beach of the mountains, they call it a shack. never quite sure what it is until you see it. this is part of the difficulties that many voters, whether here or across the country, will have to deal with. how to relate to mr. romney who is clearly not the 1% but the 0.1%. but the challenge is greater for him than it is necessarily for the voters. the voters can choose whoever they like in that regard. the gap between gingrich and romney baby significant in and of itself. it is much more incumbent upon governor romney to show that he is in touch. guest: this is central to the problem that mitt romney is having, he is not a common man. he was born into wealth. he is very fortunate and he does not have a good narrative, part of the problem. barack obama have a narrative. john mccain have a narrative with his years as a p
he had reports that he had planned to quadruple the size of as california digs -- he recently sold his $3.5 million home outside of austin. guest: those are big numbers and they are in multiples that most people cannot relate to. when people talk about having a place at the beach of the mountains, they call it a shack. never quite sure what it is until you see it. this is part of the difficulties that many voters, whether here or across the country, will have to deal with. how to relate to mr....
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california. caller: i love your program. i feel that a person that is able to get health insurance is a privilege. i have not had a chance to get health insurance because i came down with hypertension, and recently i have -- i had sugar diabetes. i am not old enough to get aid, and not wealthy enough to buy insurance. i am caught in the middle. my granddaughter was born with her insurance and she has problems with her legs. we were not able to pay her insurance on time, and they cut her off. i had to wait a whole year to get her insurance. host: marilyn werber serafini? guest: i am guessing your part of the population that supports the health care law because in 2014 you may or may not get a subsidy or qualify for medicaid, but regardless you would be able to get insurance through whatever your state insurance exchange would be. they would be prohibited from turning you down because of your hypertension or whatever other problems you might have. host: robert, a republican, said that the georgia -- savannah, georgia. caller:
california. caller: i love your program. i feel that a person that is able to get health insurance is a privilege. i have not had a chance to get health insurance because i came down with hypertension, and recently i have -- i had sugar diabetes. i am not old enough to get aid, and not wealthy enough to buy insurance. i am caught in the middle. my granddaughter was born with her insurance and she has problems with her legs. we were not able to pay her insurance on time, and they cut her off. i...
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host: california for bill horn of the u.s. sportsmen's alliance. caller: yes, hi. i was curious on how come -- ok, we pay big money for our licenses and our game stamps. ok, when it comes to california, we are limited in the number of furs that we shoot. when they get to mexico, there is no limit. how do they figure that out? host: how much do you pay for stamps? caller: probably around $100. host: that gives you access for whatever the season is it? caller: yes, it does. guest: if you want to go duck hunting, you have to have a bird stamp that now costs $15. there is a proposal to raise it to $25. you have to have in your possession to hutnt ducks or geese. in mexico, that is a different sovereign country. we can make suggestions to the mexicans about what the limits should be on hunting ducks that might start in the united states and end up in canada but those decisions are made by the mexicans and not our personnel. host: virginia is next on the democrats' line. caller: i am a democrat publicly simply based on economic policy more than anything else. i am an avi
host: california for bill horn of the u.s. sportsmen's alliance. caller: yes, hi. i was curious on how come -- ok, we pay big money for our licenses and our game stamps. ok, when it comes to california, we are limited in the number of furs that we shoot. when they get to mexico, there is no limit. how do they figure that out? host: how much do you pay for stamps? caller: probably around $100. host: that gives you access for whatever the season is it? caller: yes, it does. guest: if you want to...
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host: we showed a picture of buck mckeon, republican of california. does he have a say in the negotiations? guest: absolutely. he has been vocal about the damage sequestration could do. he wants to see the pentagon avoid it. he has a bit of a buyer's remorse. he is lamenting the fact that the pentagon was placed at the kind of risk he feels are right now. host: frank, what is your background? caller: retired national guard. what is the situation between officers and enlisted? i do get tricare and all the benefits. how will the sequestration affect me? guest: in terms of the ratio, it has been going up. a lot of people in congress are concerned that there are too many generals. the air force has been under criticism for the number of generals it has. the ratios are much higher than they use to be. as a budgets come down, those things will have a harder look. tricare is on the table. there could be $3 billion taken out of tricare. how that will be taken now will probably be up to the pentagon to decide. there will probably go after the retirees. probabl
host: we showed a picture of buck mckeon, republican of california. does he have a say in the negotiations? guest: absolutely. he has been vocal about the damage sequestration could do. he wants to see the pentagon avoid it. he has a bit of a buyer's remorse. he is lamenting the fact that the pentagon was placed at the kind of risk he feels are right now. host: frank, what is your background? caller: retired national guard. what is the situation between officers and enlisted? i do get tricare...
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james is for it in san diego, california. and caller: i am totally for it. i think this is a great tactic to wake up society. a lot of society does not pay attention to politics or anything, and these laws i see as a little more sinister. some people actually suggest we are leaning towards a government china-biocontrol on the internet. --host: the niki reaction to wht lamar smith said -- let me get your reaction to what lamar smith said. caller: that this kind of like mitt romney saying the -- he would sign or obama would not impose any of the implications of that bill. that is a pretty scary bill. host: ok. the white house on saturday weighed in on this debate and said on the white house blog -- here's a look at the blog. they cited with -- they sided with the websites that decided to go black today. jeffrey is against this blackout in bethlehem, pennsylvania. caller: hello. i am against the wikipedia blackout because they claim this action is anti-censorship and pro-freedom. it is pro-anarchy. they are willing about information that wants to be free. they
james is for it in san diego, california. and caller: i am totally for it. i think this is a great tactic to wake up society. a lot of society does not pay attention to politics or anything, and these laws i see as a little more sinister. some people actually suggest we are leaning towards a government china-biocontrol on the internet. --host: the niki reaction to wht lamar smith said -- let me get your reaction to what lamar smith said. caller: that this kind of like mitt romney saying the --...
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host: bakersfield, california, danny is our next caller. caller: i just wanted to make a short comment and then ask a question of your guests. i love our california state parks and the national park system. an avid hiker and fishermen. i would like to ask the guests what he knows about the hidden $54 million surplus discovered in the park account last month and also the unauthorized program allowing employees to trade in unused vacation time for more than $271,000 in cash. i will listen to your comment on tv. thank you. host: -- guest: california state parks are going through significant financial challenge. i believe what danny is referring to that was found in one of the state accounts for the state park system in california -- there is some concern at the state level about whether all of the money is being fully accounted for and made public, so that is what i know about the california state parks system. it does, if you will come speak to the national parks in that the california state parks system is an extraordinary system, but over t
host: bakersfield, california, danny is our next caller. caller: i just wanted to make a short comment and then ask a question of your guests. i love our california state parks and the national park system. an avid hiker and fishermen. i would like to ask the guests what he knows about the hidden $54 million surplus discovered in the park account last month and also the unauthorized program allowing employees to trade in unused vacation time for more than $271,000 in cash. i will listen to your...
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petri: i thank my colleague from california. i support resolution 562 which recognizes the importance of preserving the oral histories of representatives' personal experiences regarding the historic selma to montgomery, alabama marches and the civil rights movement. as a student during the civil rights movement i had the opportunity to witness the impact the selma to montgomery marches had on shifting public opinion. an example of the influence the marchers wielded is the fact that two days after witnessing the images of the initial march in the media, president johnson presented a bill to a joint session of congress which became the voting rights act of 1965. like so many others i tried to claim my own small part to support the civil rights movement as a member of the naacp and as a college student participated in a boycott of a woolworth's store in support of the desegregation of the lunch counters in the south. during that time dr. king came to our college and i had the honor to briefly meet him. my direct involvement in the
petri: i thank my colleague from california. i support resolution 562 which recognizes the importance of preserving the oral histories of representatives' personal experiences regarding the historic selma to montgomery, alabama marches and the civil rights movement. as a student during the civil rights movement i had the opportunity to witness the impact the selma to montgomery marches had on shifting public opinion. an example of the influence the marchers wielded is the fact that two days...
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host: independent caller in california, welcome. caller: 2 the previous call -- four years ago mccain talked about the surge and obama continued. as far as the presidency this time, i believe congress will stay with the republicans and i believe one reagan worked with the democrats and clinton work with republicans, obama should give everyone to work together to solve the problems. that is what i have to say. guest: good luck with that. i have not seen very much of this president displaying the leadership skills and the wherewithal or the desire to work with republicans and ideas that he did not particularly care for. his signature accomplishment is obama care where republicans were shut out of the room and their ideas were ignored. there is a reason why that particular piece of legislation and now law remains unpopular because it was a very partisan exercise.
host: independent caller in california, welcome. caller: 2 the previous call -- four years ago mccain talked about the surge and obama continued. as far as the presidency this time, i believe congress will stay with the republicans and i believe one reagan worked with the democrats and clinton work with republicans, obama should give everyone to work together to solve the problems. that is what i have to say. guest: good luck with that. i have not seen very much of this president displaying the...
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host: mark is our next call from california on our independent line. caller: i have two daughters who are attending public schools and they were attending private school. my contribution is approximately $30 per day. at the private school, it was private instruction. more days per school year than the public school and so forth. now i am moving them into the public school system. i get a note from the school system saying if your children are absent for a given day, the school does not receive money for the days they are not there. they were hoping we could cover their cost of $40 per student day. my first question is, how is it that at a public level where they have a fraction of the number of days of instruction per year and hours per day are shorter, they are asking for $40 per student day and they are getting a better quality of education at $30 a day per student. in the state of california, we are going broke. how can we justify more money for pensions? the second question i have for you is that you have mentioned the bush tax cuts for the rich an
host: mark is our next call from california on our independent line. caller: i have two daughters who are attending public schools and they were attending private school. my contribution is approximately $30 per day. at the private school, it was private instruction. more days per school year than the public school and so forth. now i am moving them into the public school system. i get a note from the school system saying if your children are absent for a given day, the school does not receive...
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host: let's hear from neck in pleasanton, california. hi there. caller: i got through after months of trying. host: glad you made it. caller: me, too. i was about to give up. anyhow, i think the federal government makes a guarantee in all these loans they have been doing. when they do that, the banks, the loners, do not have to worry about it. it is the same thing with public employee pension funds. they're claiming that they're getting 7.5%. so when they lose money, they ask the public to repay them money for their pension, and i do not think that is right. that has got to stop. the other thing is, the housing market was going crazy because people were buying homes and reselling them at greater profit, and they were bragging about all of this. host: ok, let's go to nick timiraos and get a response. guest: it is a very common view. people on both sides of the aisle often say we like to see the government not play this role bang in the housing market. some say the government should play no role b. if you look at the history of federal involvement i
host: let's hear from neck in pleasanton, california. hi there. caller: i got through after months of trying. host: glad you made it. caller: me, too. i was about to give up. anyhow, i think the federal government makes a guarantee in all these loans they have been doing. when they do that, the banks, the loners, do not have to worry about it. it is the same thing with public employee pension funds. they're claiming that they're getting 7.5%. so when they lose money, they ask the public to...
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he went to school in michigan, but he lives in california. i have to talk to him to see what he is going to do, and i have to talk to both of my children to make sure they have their id ready, and i tell them to talk to their friends. that -- host: that is from columbus, ohio, where the president will be speaking today. heather smith, go ahead. guest: thank you. it is important issue, and you are doing the right thing, thank you for your work making sure people know that they need id and the rules have changed. it does feel like an attack on students. in texas they passed a law that says you're concealed gun license will count, but your student id will not. fortunately, that was overturned. in wisconsin, they said your student i.d. towns, but only if it needs a criteria that not a single student identification card actually would meet. the law in wisconsin was also stopped. we are fighting back state-by- state every time these are passing, but when you talk to students and if they saying my vote is not powerful, it is important to say if it i
he went to school in michigan, but he lives in california. i have to talk to him to see what he is going to do, and i have to talk to both of my children to make sure they have their id ready, and i tell them to talk to their friends. that -- host: that is from columbus, ohio, where the president will be speaking today. heather smith, go ahead. guest: thank you. it is important issue, and you are doing the right thing, thank you for your work making sure people know that they need id and the...
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this time of morning in california, i will tell you. i just went to the veterans ceremony on memorial day to put flowers on my husband's grave. no more intervention in the middle east for the united states. we do not need to lose any more american lives. not for this type of situation. my god. it is so terrible. these young people come back from the wars today in the middle east. their wounds are so horrific. lots of limbs and everything. it is not worth it to the united states. we have too much we need to do to get back on our feet again. host: here is how mitt romney responded to what is happening in syria and expulsion of syrian timmer -- syrian diplomats around the world. this is from his website. kansas city, missouri, al on our independent line. caller: good morning. it is a shame on the international community not to get involved. shame on them that they are standing on the sidelines and watching tens of thousands of kids being massacred. this regime is the most ruthless regime in the middle east. they are criminals and need to b
this time of morning in california, i will tell you. i just went to the veterans ceremony on memorial day to put flowers on my husband's grave. no more intervention in the middle east for the united states. we do not need to lose any more american lives. not for this type of situation. my god. it is so terrible. these young people come back from the wars today in the middle east. their wounds are so horrific. lots of limbs and everything. it is not worth it to the united states. we have too...
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let's go to california. turn down your television for us, so that we can hear you. host -- caller: ok. host: what would you like to say? caller: and ronnie -- ann romney, she was very nice. i wonder if mitt romney -- does he not have another wife? host: no, he does not. caller coach lou, pennsylvania. -- does not. lou, pennsylvania. caller: thank you for letting me speespeak on your show. i believe that ann romney did what she did, it was she was -- it was what she was supposed to do. it was a good speech. of course, it has nothing to do with what is spurring the individuals going to the polls. i do not believe that she really related to the average woman because of the fact that she is married and wealthy. anyway, it was a good speech and she is to be commended for doing. host: were you able to catch the other speakers? not just the final two? what did you watch some of the others? caller coach a little bit. i do not quite remember all of them. unfortunately, i still work. i was not able to catch it all. most of the time, they were excerpts. that was good. at least
let's go to california. turn down your television for us, so that we can hear you. host -- caller: ok. host: what would you like to say? caller: and ronnie -- ann romney, she was very nice. i wonder if mitt romney -- does he not have another wife? host: no, he does not. caller coach lou, pennsylvania. -- does not. lou, pennsylvania. caller: thank you for letting me speespeak on your show. i believe that ann romney did what she did, it was she was -- it was what she was supposed to do. it was a...
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california is struggling. but by god, they ought to balance their budgets -- but by loughner -- but by law, they have to balance their budgets. making them insolvent would not take the state of play. host: mets looked the electoral college scouts. -- khost. thomas is our last caller for james thurber. he's on the democrat's line prepared -- line. host: -- caller: door guesstimate the, the of these things golan -- your guest made the comment about these things go on and people get over them. i do not think people get over them. part of what is going on now is that people did not get over what happened in 2000. i am one of the people that things that majority should rule and basically, to leave it in the hands of the supreme court is wrong. it is a pick court. somebody picked those be " better on that court. -- those people that are on the court. it is a weak system. it is not fair. host: thomas, what would you do to make it more fair? how would you change it? caller: i would go back to, like i say, the constitu
california is struggling. but by god, they ought to balance their budgets -- but by loughner -- but by law, they have to balance their budgets. making them insolvent would not take the state of play. host: mets looked the electoral college scouts. -- khost. thomas is our last caller for james thurber. he's on the democrat's line prepared -- line. host: -- caller: door guesstimate the, the of these things golan -- your guest made the comment about these things go on and people get over them. i...
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host: california. democrat line. caller: i was listening to a previous caller about spending more money on homeland defense, defending our borders. i remember vividly after 9/11, we went into afghanistan, and i was not watching the news for a while, and all of the sudden we are in iraq, and i'm thinking to myself, did we get bin laden? what is going on? when we invaded iraq, there was no taliban or al qaeda in iraq. the point i am making, is our defense doubled at that point in time, and all that was timmy was dick cheney and george bush supporting the military industrial complex. i think we want to cut social security and other things. i think we could cut back defense spending in half and just protect our own borders. that is all i have to say. guest: i think we could find savings within the defense budget. cutting it in half would be difficult because part of the problem with protecting the borders is i think both -- you could build a wall on each side, but there are threats that come from each side of the world.
host: california. democrat line. caller: i was listening to a previous caller about spending more money on homeland defense, defending our borders. i remember vividly after 9/11, we went into afghanistan, and i was not watching the news for a while, and all of the sudden we are in iraq, and i'm thinking to myself, did we get bin laden? what is going on? when we invaded iraq, there was no taliban or al qaeda in iraq. the point i am making, is our defense doubled at that point in time, and all...
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host: tom joins us from palm springs, california on the line for democrats. let's move onto jackson, mississippi. maria is a republican. good morning. caller: good morning. am so upset because of what the lady before me said. lady, when are you going to stop worrying about yourself and start worrying about the united states of america? the united states of america is a lot more than just helping the poor and the blacks and the non- whites. do you not have the insight to see that this country is going bankrupt? someone in this country has to pay taxes. i m a middle-class, white, average person. i am not a corporation. i do have the insight to see that we have to look at the big picture. someone in this country has to pay taxes. when are you people going to realize that it is nothing to do with racism? our objection to obama. by the way, i would like to throw in, he is half white. when are you people going to realize he is not all black? right toust as much say something about him as you do. host: what do you think about the iowa gop caucuses? caller: all the r
host: tom joins us from palm springs, california on the line for democrats. let's move onto jackson, mississippi. maria is a republican. good morning. caller: good morning. am so upset because of what the lady before me said. lady, when are you going to stop worrying about yourself and start worrying about the united states of america? the united states of america is a lot more than just helping the poor and the blacks and the non- whites. do you not have the insight to see that this country is...
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i live in texas, grew up in california. with the failing of the families, the school started going down. mostly blacks and mexicans. if you look at the white or asian populations, most of them are doing fine. but when you have an 80% illegitimacy factor for blacks and now mexicans are 80%, of which 80% of those go on welfare, those kids do not learn to self-contained on anything. their parents feel entitled, the kids feel entitled. i have won the child who is a principle. the two children that are teachers, one of them is a history teacher and the other is an art teacher in san jose, california. they have problems with these kids. the main problem is the parents. kids all start off equal. i don't believe black kids or mexican kids all white kids -- everybody is born with the same facilities. but the failure of the family. white people are at 28% illegitimacy. that is where the blacks started in the 1960's. they were at 28% illegitimacy. when they started welfare, it destroyed these families. when i was young, mexicans in so
i live in texas, grew up in california. with the failing of the families, the school started going down. mostly blacks and mexicans. if you look at the white or asian populations, most of them are doing fine. but when you have an 80% illegitimacy factor for blacks and now mexicans are 80%, of which 80% of those go on welfare, those kids do not learn to self-contained on anything. their parents feel entitled, the kids feel entitled. i have won the child who is a principle. the two children that...
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marijuana was legal in california. she made the argument, how is that part of commerce? 6-3 decision with the majority saying congress can regulate the market in illegal drugs. that means even the drugs that are not being bought or sold commercially. host: things are getting busy on the court and on capitol hill, as the line has moved up. people are getting ready to go in. by the way, interest groups are holding press conferences today. those for it, those against it. we have learned that rick santorum will come off the campaign trail. he, too, will be outside the supreme court holding and health care event. carol, democratic caller. you are on the air. what is your question or comment? caller: i am very interested on this violation of the constitutional rights thing. we are forced to buy retirement insurance, medicare, metical, and the states force us to by unemployment insurance. they force us to buy auto insurance. host: you got to turn your television down. i think we got your point. david savage, talking about oth
marijuana was legal in california. she made the argument, how is that part of commerce? 6-3 decision with the majority saying congress can regulate the market in illegal drugs. that means even the drugs that are not being bought or sold commercially. host: things are getting busy on the court and on capitol hill, as the line has moved up. people are getting ready to go in. by the way, interest groups are holding press conferences today. those for it, those against it. we have learned that rick...
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host: let's go to loss als to california. mike on the republican line. you're on the "washington journal." guest: thank you for taking my call. i want to ask you a question. we had a caller a few moments back who said phil graham was responsible for moving the protection for the consumer and it turns out that also bill clinton and ironically d.o.d. and frank were also involved in this. how come they're allowed to help destroy the system and then allowed to make laws later that protect it? i think it's really tragic. and when i look at it it's a disgrace. to me they're the people who are really responsible for opening the chicken coop up to the foxes. and they get a free pass on this. could you please comment on this? guest: sure. it's a fair criticism to raise. a lot of the folks -- well, as you just described glass spiegel was null fid by an act of congress and signed by the president and the president at the time was president bill clinton and some of the folks arnt champ dwrns were folks like larry summers who became president obama's first -- he was
host: let's go to loss als to california. mike on the republican line. you're on the "washington journal." guest: thank you for taking my call. i want to ask you a question. we had a caller a few moments back who said phil graham was responsible for moving the protection for the consumer and it turns out that also bill clinton and ironically d.o.d. and frank were also involved in this. how come they're allowed to help destroy the system and then allowed to make laws later that protect...
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host: san diego, california, republican line. caller: i find it interesting you're doing this topic on the republicans. have you done that before? guest: you bet. i have been on "washington journal" a dozen times and talked about president obama. we talked about is campaigns and we do the same kind of research we do for truth-o-meter items. you can go to our web page. we have checked a couple of claims from an ad that president obama put up on the night of the iowa caucuses last week. we have checked president obama more than anybody, more than330 330 times. we checked democrats and republicans. there were seven major republican candidates that we are following. that is where our emphasis has been lately, but we also check democrats. host: newt gingrich was talking about the epa. guest: we have a great partnership with two newspapers in new hampshire and new hampshire public radio. the claim was that when asked about a landfill in nashua that the epa was confused and so we checked that. the reporter looked into that and talk to a
host: san diego, california, republican line. caller: i find it interesting you're doing this topic on the republicans. have you done that before? guest: you bet. i have been on "washington journal" a dozen times and talked about president obama. we talked about is campaigns and we do the same kind of research we do for truth-o-meter items. you can go to our web page. we have checked a couple of claims from an ad that president obama put up on the night of the iowa caucuses last week....
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host: joanne, a san diego, california, republican line. caller: since you are talking about the mitt romney campaign strategy, my main concern as a conservative is to defeat president obama. does anyone in the romney campaign have the ability to reach out to the tea party voters, to reach out to these vibrant, young ron paul supporters, because we know obama will spend $800 million or so on negative campaign, which will drive down turnout. we cannot take this for granted. guest: absolutely. i certainly hope so, is your answer. there are a lot of bright people who are a part of the mitt romney effort. i know that they understand the need to pull the party together if and begin to recruit independents and democrats, and some of the people in our party who have been disgruntled. the way that the tea party have been labeled in the media, representatives like you and i, who believe the federal government has spent much of our money, they need to be more responsible. these conditions have been created by the mainstream media. certainly governor
host: joanne, a san diego, california, republican line. caller: since you are talking about the mitt romney campaign strategy, my main concern as a conservative is to defeat president obama. does anyone in the romney campaign have the ability to reach out to the tea party voters, to reach out to these vibrant, young ron paul supporters, because we know obama will spend $800 million or so on negative campaign, which will drive down turnout. we cannot take this for granted. guest: absolutely. i...
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the other note that comes to mind is california. take a look of the city's out their filing for bankruptcy, an unheard of in this country to see large cities filing for bankruptcy. look at how those cities are run as well. finally, with regard to seniors, there is a cost to the federal reserve's actions with the keep the cost of money low, and that is what your doing with your making interest rates as low as they are. our parents and grandparents who are retired better living on their retirement income, the money invested some place and see the interest rates have come down so dramatically and the amount of money they are assigned to live on has gone down to a paltry sum. they are the ones suffering probably the most because of the fed policy. on the other hand, because of the asset bubble in commodities and the push up in the price of equities in the marketplace, if you are it investor who has their money in equities, they are doing very well. the fed is doing well for the people that have the wherewithal to still have the money in
the other note that comes to mind is california. take a look of the city's out their filing for bankruptcy, an unheard of in this country to see large cities filing for bankruptcy. look at how those cities are run as well. finally, with regard to seniors, there is a cost to the federal reserve's actions with the keep the cost of money low, and that is what your doing with your making interest rates as low as they are. our parents and grandparents who are retired better living on their...